beyond death wobble

[84_K20]

i have gotten use to my death wobble untill my buddy was following me and it did it at 52mph and he said it was the worst he had ever seen. when i changed the stabilizer my whole tierod torqued with the bolt but it came out and the switch was made. im no expert but i feel like it could be the tierod but my alignment is near perfect.I need some opinions from experts

its a 95 grand cheerokee 5.2l v8 btw

[crow5716]

(08-04-2010 12:39 AM)84_K20 Wrote:  i have gotten use to my death wobble untill my buddy was following me and it did it at 52mph and he said it was the worst he had ever seen. when i changed the stabilizer my whole tierod torqued with the bolt but it came out and the switch was made. im no expert but i feel like it could be the tierod but my alignment is near perfect.I need some opinions from experts

its a 95 grand cheerokee 5.2l v8 btw

Things to check with death wobble....
-Tierod
-Drag link
-Steering stabilizers
-Trac bar
-Possibly even control arms if it's gotten that bad.

Just throwing out suggestions of what you should be looking at.

-crow

[Tango]

You could very easily have too much toe out. Try bringing them in a little. Not too much or else you will get darting and overstreer.
Another thing to do is just have someone move the wheel back and forth and visually look for play.

I ran into a hidden log one time and ended up with too much toe out, which gave me death wobble.

Had to fix it on the way home on e the side of the road. Measure taped and jacked up one side.

Trail tip... when you do get it aligned right...take a tape measure and measure the front inside wheel to front inside wheel distances, write them down and put that in your glove box.

[mferrari]

(08-04-2010 06:39 AM)crow5716 Wrote:  Things to check with death wobble....
-Tierod
-Drag link
-Steering stabilizers
-Trac bar
-Possibly even control arms if it's gotten that bad.

And tire balance can easily do it as well as ball joints.


As stated, park the vehicle and have someone wiggle the wheel to see it something is loose in the front end. Make sure every bolt is torqued tight and no hole openings have wallowed (is that a word?) out leaving play between bolts and mounts.

[84_K20]

coool ill check it all out tomorrow and make the adjustments and see if it dont help. and ill be sure to make sure no holes have wallowed out lol

[idiot magnet]

Rotate your tires from front to back and see, if you still have the wobble. If, it's gone then get your tires balanced and if it's still there check all the items listed above.

My DW was from badly balanced tires.